Canadian mining company Ascendant Copper has faced a litany of setbacks in recent weeks in their efforts to open a large-scale copper mine in the Intag region of Ecuador according to reports from Defensa y […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted a meeting Monday with Guatemala President Oscar Berger. The two countries reached a defense agreement that will allow the exchange of technology, intelligence and personnel (for training […]
A trade agreement between the United States and Peru could be rejected in Congress because of Peru’s weak labor record and the agreement’s lack of labor provisions. Like CAFTA (which passed by only two votes […]
Something smells funny about the recent denunciation of maverick Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala for alleged human rights violations. Before the accusations, Humala was riding high as the leading candidate in Peru’s presidential elections. Investigations […]
El Salvadorans cast ballots in 262 city mayoral races and elected 84 representatives to the national Legislative Assembly on Sunday, March 12. Despite being outspent 20-1 by the right wing ARENA party in the electoral campaign, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) gained a seat or two in the National Assembly and looked likely to regain the mayor’s office in the capital city of San Salvador. Nationwide turnout approached 50%. […]
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Ecuadorian soldiers fired tear gas on striking oil workers today, a month after protestors shut down two oil facilities. The Petroecuador workers are demanding full-time jobs and delayed payments, a company official said. "We have […]
It’s been fifteen months since Gilberto Soto, a Teamster from New Jersey who returned to his native El Salvador to organize port drivers in Central America was murdered. Yet the murder remains unsolved. Union officials […]
Oscar Arias, Costa Rica’s president-elect, has vowed to do everything in his power to push CAFTA through Congress despite widespread public opposition. "You should not have the least doubt that in this, we will not […]
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